Feriha Yilmaz is an attractive, beautiful, talented and ambitious daughter of a poor family. Her father, Riza Yilmaz, is a ...

The U.S. poverty rate has surged over the past five months, with 7.8 million Americans falling into poverty, the latest indication of how deeply many are struggling after government aid dwindled ...

Poverty alleviation is a medal the party flaunts to claim its legitimacy. But despite China’s rise as an economic power, it has a drastically inadequate social safety net, and the government is ...

In 2018, 38.1 million people were in poverty. Or at least that’s the number the U.S. Census Bureau has calculated. For decades now, researchers and advocates have argued that the official number ...

China defines extreme poverty as earning less than $2.30 a day at purchasing power parity. The World Bank's figure is a $1.90 a day, but that's generally for low-income countries.

Poverty, By America. By Matthew Desmond. Crown; 304 pages; $28. Allen Lane; £25. F or the richest country in history, poverty in America remains jarringly widespread. Taking government assistance ...

The Philippines' poverty rate dropped to 15.5% last year from 18.1% in 2021, with rising food prices limiting the reduction in the number of poor, the government's statistics agency said on Thursday.

The nature of poverty in rich countries has changed. The sort of material deprivation common in developing nations is effectively a thing of the past. But millions of Americans lead precarious ...

The Persian and Thai editions of Stories of Xi Jinping and Poverty Alleviation in China were released on Wednesday, the opening day of the 31st Beijing International Book Fair.

Measuring poverty is the first step to delivering support, but it has long been a costly, time-intensive and contentious endeavour.